The optimum level of item difficulty for a five-alternative multiple choice item is
a. .50.
b. .60.
c. .70.
d. .80.
The concept of mental age was introduced in
a. 1905.
b. 1908.
c. 1911.
d. 1916.
If the five applicants for the chief financial officer position of ABC Company are highly qualified, the company should use a test that
a. has easier items.
b. discriminates 20 of the time.
c. contains mostly difficult items.
d. contains items ranging in difficulty from .30 to .70.
The Stanford-Binet intelligence scale was developed by
a. A. Binet
b. T. Simon.
c. A. Binet and T. Simon.
d. L.M. Terman.
The optimal item difficulty of a six-alternative test is
a. .50.
b. .585.
c. .60.
d. .625.
Dr. Johnson is trying to establish norms for his new test. He determined that 50 of the people in the standardization sample should be Hispanic, 20 Caucasian, 15 Asian, and 15 African American. He is creating (a)
a. normalization group.
b. representative sample.
c. random sample.
d. population statistics.
When Lupe argued that one of the questions on the five-alternative test was unfairly difficult, the teacher simply replied by saying that the item .60.difficulty was optimal at
a. .50.
b. .60.
c. .625.
d. .70.
Administering a test with precisely the same instructions and format is giving it under
a. normative conditions.
b. standard conditions.
c. facilitative conditions.
d. group administration.
A multiple-choice test with five options has a chance performance level of
a. .50.
b. .25.
c. .20.
d. .10.
When a test is administered to the general population, norms should be established using a representative sample that
a. has been administered the test under standard conditions.
b. has been chosen in a completely random fashion.
c. represents all segments of the population in proportion to their numbers.
d. is comprised of a great many individuals.